Full Livery Prices around London?

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how much do you all pay for Full Livery ??

(as in turn out, muck out, feed, hay, vet/farrier holding NO excercise)

good P&R fencing

floodlit big school that doesnt flood

good 24 security with alarm

lots of grass all year round

someone available to ride/lunge at extra cost

??
 
I'm Thames Valley.
We call what you describe as part livery and I pay £114 per week + an extra £6 pw in winter for additional shavings.
 
Full livery does tend to include exercise...and grooming / tack cleaning - that generally costs around £700 a month.

Part livery can be anywhere between £350 and £600 a month in my experience.
 
7-day Part Livery around here is around £120 to £140+ a week, depending on the yards facilities, etc. That would include everything except supplements and excercise, but most yards could exercise the horse on request for extra.

Full livery would include your horse being exercised every day.
 
guys im not asking for the difference between full and part livery here i just want to know what people pay for the above so everything 7 days but no exercise, wormers or supplements with good facilities
 
Tinks81 said:
guys im not asking for the difference between full and part livery here i just want to know what people pay for the above so everything 7 days but no exercise, wormers or supplements with good facilities
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Well excuse us for bothering to respond ....
Why not just grit your teeth and say thanks? We have all given you the info you wanted
 
I pay £135 per week for what you've described, but I'm a bit further out in North Kent
 
I pay £410 a month for what you describe (but incl wormers) just over the border in Kent as part livery. Exercise can be arranged at extra cost.
 
My full livery as Zoon says is £135 - this includes, up to 3 feeds a day, ad lib hay, full daily groom, bridle cleaned everytime you ride and saddle weekly.
We have good turnout but in very

wet weather we use a turnout pen.
We also have a Waxed surface which is floodlight plus we have a Solariam, washing machine plus wc, tea, coffee, alarmed tack room and perimeter intruder system.
I know i am quite expensive but we provide a bespoke service so feel that we can justify it.
 
Prices do vary - there is 1 yard near me that is 75 per week, but has no school and not entirely sure I'd trust them with my horse!

Quite a lot of yards will have similar facilities and similar prices (most round here seem to be £120 per week), but with full livery one of the main things I wanted was peace of mind, after all the reason you choose full livery is because you can't always be there to care for your pride and joy.

I work, have a 1 year old son and have 2 youngsters at home so sometimes cannot get to the yard for 3 or 4 days at a time and I don't want to be worrying if something was done the way I like it to be done or even if it was done at all!

I looked at lots of yards before choosing to spend a little more per week for peace of mind - I trust my yard 110% and the good facilities are a bonus. Plus all the horses were very happy and chilled when I went to view the yard - always a good sign.

Saying that, they are not the most expensive - there is a large yard down the road who charge £140 per week.

I'd ring round all the yards with the facilities you need and go and see them as you don't know what it's really like until you are there nosing at the beds in the stables, looking if the horses are happy and settled and talking to the staff.
 
Worried1 said:
My full livery as Zoon says is £135 - this includes, up to 3 feeds a day, ad lib hay, full daily groom, bridle cleaned everytime you ride and saddle weekly.
We have good turnout but in very

wet weather we use a turnout pen.
We also have a Waxed surface which is floodlight plus we have a Solariam, washing machine plus wc, tea, coffee, alarmed tack room and perimeter intruder system.
I know i am quite expensive but we provide a bespoke service so feel that we can justify it.
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see apart from the extra feed tack cleaned, groomed daily and the solarium i wold say we have everything else and i am £40 a week cheaper and closer to london - im not saying your expensive but just trying to work out what i should put my livery up by as everyone else seems a lot more more money and actually most places dont have the facilities we have x
 
in herts/south bucks is it around £450 upwards depending on if you are on a professional competition yard or not.
 
j1ffy said:
I'm in Berkshire and £95 would be extremely cheap for part livery (i.e. everything except exercise and tack cleaning) here. E.g.:

http://www.cullinghood.co.uk/livery.html
http://pelionstud.co.uk/livery
http://caneendstud.weebly.com/tariffs.html

And the one that really takes the biscuit (although the facilities look fab!):
http://www.farleyequestrian.co.uk/livery/index.html

Note that none of these even have an indoor school!
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jeeze does that last one have liveries that is a tad expensive x
 
A friend of mine is stabled in Epsom right on the downs and pays £500 a month for indoor & outdoor school, fab turnout, ad lib hay and shavings and all you discribed above. Im starting to think she has got a good deal!
 
I'm in Essex and pay £520 a month for full livery (no exercise.) BD trainer on site for lessons / schooling / lunging / general help which I need at all times!
 
Hmm and there was me replying because I thought you were looking for somewhere to place your horse - not for marketing purposes! When I was looking for livery for my horse I compiled a spreadsheet which summarised about 20 yards in the Greater London/Kent border area which made for very interesting reading - it doesn't take that long to go on google and do the same.

The places with fab facilities aren't necessarily the most expensive - i've got an indoor school, outdoor school, off road hacking, free parking for my horsebox and one of the lowest monthly costs quoted on here. All of the other liveries are really friendly and I know my horse is treated as if she was the YO's own, there's none of the bitchiness i have seen on other yards. If our prices ever were put up I know our YO would discuss this with us beforehand.
 
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Most people will base their livery cost on the expenditure - i.e. staff, cost of hay straw, insurance, maintenance etc. I cannot believe you are being serious in randomly increasing your livery fees because you feel the need to be the same as everyone else!

If you do your sums, work out what your charges should be based on your costs and then add some profit to pay yourself and you have your weekly cost. Please don't stick your finger in the air and pick a number - that doesn't reflect well on you or your establishment at all.
 
Suziq77 said:
Hmm and there was me replying because I thought you were looking for somewhere to place your horse - not for marketing purposes! When I was looking for livery for my horse I compiled a spreadsheet which summarised about 20 yards in the Greater London/Kent border area which made for very interesting reading - it doesn't take that long to go on google and do the same.

The places with fab facilities aren't necessarily the most expensive - i've got an indoor school, outdoor school, off road hacking, free parking for my horsebox and one of the lowest monthly costs quoted on here. All of the other liveries are really friendly and I know my horse is treated as if she was the YO's own, there's none of the bitchiness i have seen on other yards. If our prices ever were put up I know our YO would discuss this with us beforehand.
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gosh i wouldnt like to be paying full livery for my 7 !!

The problem is everyone in the area is around the 110 - 130 mark with less facilities than me - i dont like charging too much as i like to make it affordable for people and have nice people instead of the snotty ones with loads of money !!

Im lucky as we own our yard meaning I dont have to pay rent which helps me keep the costs down for my liveries but with the price of Hay etc going through the roof and the fact i think my livery is only £95 a month i am way on the cheap side - I havent put my prices up for about 2-3 years now
 
FMM said:
Most people will base their livery cost on the expenditure - i.e. staff, cost of hay straw, insurance, maintenance etc. I cannot believe you are being serious in randomly increasing your livery fees because you feel the need to be the same as everyone else!

If you do your sums, work out what your charges should be based on your costs and then add some profit to pay yourself and you have your weekly cost. Please don't stick your finger in the air and pick a number - that doesn't reflect well on you or your establishment at all.
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I am putting this up as the hay/bedding/electric/inurance etc has all gone up but as i explained in my other post as we own it we dont pay rent meaning a lot of the money we get on stable rent has been going on the extra we spend out on the above

And why should i not charge a little more and still be cheaper than everyone else in the area it is at the end of the day a business

I have a complete spreadsheet that works out everything but i am currently only charging people £3.00 a bale of hay which i think it has slightly gone up dont you ??
 
Fair enough if you are trying to get a view on costs for yourself. I will just say that Kent seems to be a lot cheaper than Surrey as a good friend of mine has just moved herself and her horse down there. I really like my yard and think we are fairly priced for our facilities and care but my friend is also another Miss fussy knickers (aren't we all!) and found a good selection of comparable yards for quite a bit less than Surrey!
 
Tinks81 said:
sorry why are you sending this to me?? I think i am experienced enough to know what types of livery are thanks !

and why dont you ask before jumping down my throat about why im putting my livery up - do any of you actually run yards??
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You do seem to be confusing part livery with full livery. Prices are different. No biggie.

But if you want to put your prices up, go ahead... You may find you price some of your existing clients out or you may find that you gain some new ones, who make assumptions based on your charges. Good luck whatever you decide to do.
 
Luci07 said:
Fair enough if you are trying to get a view on costs for yourself. I will just say that Kent seems to be a lot cheaper than Surrey as a good friend of mine has just moved herself and her horse down there. I really like my yard and think we are fairly priced for our facilities and care but my friend is also another Miss fussy knickers (aren't we all!) and found a good selection of comparable yards for quite a bit less than Surrey!
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wow really I wouldnt of thought that thanks !!

I have researched my area and found out all the local prices plus facilities etc i was just generally asking - its amazing at the difference in prices i just want to make sure that what i think is fair is still a good price - as i said i like having nice people and dont want to make it too expensive for people but on the other hand have to cover the increases that we have had over the last couple of years
 
arizonahoney said:
You do seem to be confusing part livery with full livery. Prices are different. No biggie.

But if you want to put your prices up, go ahead... You may find you price some of your existing clients out or you may find that you gain some new ones, who make assumptions based on your charges. Good luck whatever you decide to do.
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no im really not I have always called it full livery and part livery would consist of 5 days and you do the weekends - with exercise that would be competition/schooling livery !!

anyway at the end of the day does it really matter what its called it is the service i provide and this is specified when people enquire about the yard!!

OMG do you think if i put my prices up by £10 a week people will leave ???
 
Tinks81 said:
no im really not I have always called it full livery and part livery would consist of 5 days and you do the weekends - with exercise that would be competition/schooling livery !!
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Not in Surrey...maybe in Kent! Anyhooooo...

Tinks81 said:
OMG do you think if i put my prices up by £10 a week people will leave ???
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Well, you should know your clients, right? What other calls do they have on their financial resources, are their jobs secure, are they expecting babies, that sort of thing...
 
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